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Unmanned
UUVs used by U.S. Navy to get development and support from Alion Science and Technology - News
October 19, 2018
MCLEAN, Va. Alion Science and Technology has won a multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract from the U.S. Navy's Naval Undersea Warfare Center (Newport, Rhode Island) to develop, build, and support the U.S. Navy unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) Family of Systems (FoS). The value of the contract, including all option years, is $794 million.
Cyber
U.S. Coast Guard cutters will get encrypted automatic ID systems - News
October 18, 2018
WILSONVILLE, Ore. FLIR Systems, Inc. has won a contract from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in support of the U.S. Coast Guard?s (USCG) Second Generation Automatic Identification System (AIS-2) program; the indefinite-delivery/indefinite/quantity (ID/IQ) contract has a ceiling value of $9.9 million to provide second-generation automatic identification system (AIS) transponders, associated peripherals, and spare parts for nearly 1,774 boats and 282 cutters in the USCG?s active fleet.
Cyber
Live-training systems for U.S. Army to get $465 million General Dynamics refresh and upgrade - News
October 18, 2018
FAIRFAX, Va. General Dynamics and the U.S. Army Life Cycle Product Line Management (LCPM) Program have agreed on a contract worth $465 million for General Dynamics to provide enhanced life cycle management, including technology refresh and upgrades of live-training systems, within the U.S. Army Live Training Transformation Product Line.
Avionics
Avionics displays for Navy F/A-18s obtain additional support and sustainment contract - News
October 18, 2018
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Rockwell Collins and the U.S. Navy Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support (NAVSUP WSS) have renewed an agreement to continue support on avionics displays for the Navy?s F/A-18 fleet of over 1,200 aircraft; the newest pact is a four-year extension of a performance-based logistics (PBL) contract that was signed more than 15 years ago.
A.I.
DARPA program seeks to teach machines common sense - News
October 18, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) has launched the Machine Common Sense (MCS) program to explore recent advances in cognitive understanding, natural language processing, deep learning, and other areas of artificial intelligence (AI) research in an effort to crack the code of a critical component lacking in AI ? human-style common sense.
A.I.
Altair acquires simulation design firm SIMSOLID - News
October 17, 2018
TROY, Mich. Design-software maker Altair Engineering has acquired SIMSOLID, whose products work on CAD assemblies to provide fast, accurate, and robust structural simulation without requiring geometry simplification, cleanup, or meshing.
Avionics
Helicopter market in military, public-service sectors to recover gradually to 2026 - News
October 17, 2018
SAN ANTONIO, Texas. The market for military and public-services helicopters is facing a slow recovery globally, following nearly 10 years of stagnation and delayed programs in key regions, according to a new study from Frost & Sullivan, "Global Military and Public Services Helicopters Market, Forecast to 2026."
Radar/EW
GaN-based radar from Lockheed Martin reaches technical milestone prior to delivery to MDA - News
October 17, 2018
MOORESTOWN, N.J. Lockheed Martin reports that its Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) has completed a closed-loop satellite track with tactical hardware and software; the test marks a major milestone, as the LRDR program continues to meet its technical goals and works toward its expected 2020 delivery to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) in Clear, Alaska.
Comms
NASA and KBRWyle team on geodesy precision-measuring effort - News
October 16, 2018
HOUSTON. KBRwyle -- the global government services arm of KBR, Inc. -- has won a $48 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to construct, deploy, and commission the next-generation Space Geodesy (SG) Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) ground systems.
Radar/EW
Enhanced projectile from U.S. Army/Raytheon team defeats targets in hard-to-reach spots - News
October 15, 2018
TUCSON, Ariz. Raytheon and the U.S. Army recently completed development of a new capability for cannon artillery by upgrading the combat-proven Excalibur precision-guided projectile: The team's Excalibur Shaped Trajectory (EST) variant will enable soldiers to eliminate targets in hard-to-reach locations by selecting the projectile's terminal or final phase attack angle.
Comms
Harris Corporation and L3 Technologies to merge - News
October 15, 2018
MELBOURNE, Fla and NEW YORK. Defense contractors Harris Corporation and L3 Technologies have agreed to combine in an all-stock merger of equals.
Radar/EW
SPY-6 radar from Raytheon tracks ballistic missile through intercept and multiple targets at once - News
October 12, 2018
TEWKSBURY, Mass. Raytheon's AN/SPY-6(V) radar, continuing in testing to demonstrate its integrated air and missile defense capability against multiple targets, recently detected, acquired, and tracked multiple targets from the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii.
Radar/EW
Missile-warning and protection system passes international live trials, companies say - News
October 12, 2018
ROME and PARIS. Leonardo and Thales revealed that their end-to-end missile-warning and protection system has been proven highly effective in recent live-fire scenarios, demonstrating the system?s ability to quickly defend against incoming missiles.
Comms
EELV Launch Service agreements signed by U.S. Air Force with three domestic companies - News
October 12, 2018
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Air Force announced the award of three Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Launch Service Agreements: to Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, and United Launch Alliance.
From The Editor
Unmanned
MQ-1C UAS from GA-ASI completes follow-on test & evaluation for U.S. Army - News
October 10, 2018
AUSA 2018--WASHINGTON. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) -- in cooperation with the U.S. Army -- recently completed Follow-On Test & Evaluation (FOT&E) for its MQ-1C ER Gray Eagle Extended Range unmanned aircraft system (UAS). Testing began in early June 2018 and spanned 644 flight hours during the testing period.
Comms
Tactical computing for U.S. Army, new-style computing at the edge in PacStar announcements - News
October 10, 2018
AUSA 2018--WASHINGTON. PacStar has introduced its PacStar Modular Data Center (MDC), a high-performance expeditionary solution that enables warfighters to access and deploy data-center-class computing and storage at the edge of tactical networks.
A.I.
Bringing data analytics, AI, ML to combat training - News
October 10, 2018
AUSA 2018--WASHINGTON. Training-services company Zen Technologies USA (Washington, D.C.) will partner with Paladin AI (Montreal, Canada) to develop technology that brings adaptive training to combat training systems.
Unmanned
U.S. Army Next-Generation Combat vehicle announced by Raytheon, Rheinmetall Defence - News
October 09, 2018
AUSA 2018--WASHINGTON. Raytheon and Rheinmetall Defence announced that they are joining forces to meet the U.S. Army's requirement for the Next-Generation Combat Vehicle (NGCV)-Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle program.
Radar/EW
Advanced threat protection for aircraft debuted by BAE Systems - News
October 09, 2018
AUSA 2018--WASHINGTON. BAE Systems debuted its Smart D2 system, a next-generation threat-management technology named for its ability to dispense countermeasures and defend military aircraft.
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